I enjoyed your post, but can you post a source for this? There are still a lot of older larger iPads still in use that would inflate the larger iPad's usage share, but 5-7% seem extremely low. It's pretty even from what I see, but that is a very limited speculation.
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I enjoyed your post, but can you post a source for this? There are still a lot of older larger iPads still in use that would inflate the larger iPad's usage share, but 5-7% seem extremely low. It's pretty even from what I see, but that is a very limited speculation.
Here's one, but I can't seem to find the one I was recalling from back during the releease of the 3. Both are about a year old though. I tried to only focus on the newest models, as taking into account the budget non-retina and mini 2 gets even more into a price question rather than a size question.
Also, it is definitely geographical as well. There are Indian publications for example quoting the mini as 60% of local geographical sales from a year or two ago, but again, that probably has a much larger socioeconomic element to it than choosing a size.
Thanks. That's interesting. I just hope Apple realizes there is still a market for the iPad Mini. They should, it still holds a sizable portion of market share based on that link and others I've seen.
iPads 2 to 4 were the same outer shell, aside from the camera improvements on iPads 3 and 4, as well as the Lightning port on the iPad 4. But, the Mini is ready for a redesign IMO.
I really don't know where this is coming from. I may just be lucky, but my iPad Air 2 battery life is about on par with my old iPad 4. Which is to say I can easily get through a day on this thing.
It still surpasses the 10 hours, but many reviews stated that in their battery tests the Air 2 only lasted about 11 hours where the Air lasted 13.
Every iPad after the iPad 3 was slowing improving its battery life to the point where I really thought Apple would move to "11 hour battery life" at the Air 2 event. But they needed to make it thinner, drop 0.04 pounds and the mute switch.
I think the Air (1) was probably the high water mark for battery life. Sadly, its RAM limitations are going to be a potential handicap for many users after iOS 9 becomes available.
I was pretty impressed with the Air's battery life, because the battery size was a significant drop from the 4. And I don't think that they removed the mute switch to make it thinner, I think it was just because there was no need for it.
I think globally it has a pretty decent market share. I just don't think the latest model does. I think most of the iPad mini sales are based on tight budget purchases and are of prior generation original mini's and/or mini 2's, on a global scale. Don't get me wrong, I am one of the iPad mini's biggest fans - I gave up my Gold 128GB LTE iPad Air 2 for this thing!
True. However, for the purposes of chassis redesign generations, I consider the iPad 4 to be a mid-cycle spec bump rather than a true annual update of the iPad 3. I realise the iPad min 2 to 3 update was even more of a joke, but it was a full annual update as opposed to just a few months...in fact the iPad 4 is the only iPad I have never owned!
Still have the two iPad 2's I bought for my wife and I as personal laptop replacements in 2011 - serving as extra screens for my 2011 11" MBA using the duet iOS app - gave the iPad 3 to my father in-law when I changed to an original non-retina Mini. My daughter has the iPad Air now, passed down to her when my wife got her upgrade to the Air 2, and my son inherited my Air 2, lucky boy, (which I sold my rMini to get, which was in turn purchased after pwning the non-retina mini previous to that one) when I gave in and came crawling back to the mini form factor after 5 months getting a mini 3 and hating the size.
I really do hope I am at least mostly right about what's coming for iPad Mini in 2015.
Battery life in my iPad 4 was insane. I was getting over 12 hours... and sometimes over 13. (but that was with iOS 6)
I had a 3 and it was a pig, in more ways than one. Can't speak to the 4, but I would have guessed it would have been no better than a 3. iOS 6, takes you back...
It actually was better than the 3... by a significant margin. It had to do with a combination of the retina display and the in-between-generations processor.I had a 3 and it was a pig, in more ways than one. Can't speak to the 4, but I would have guessed it would have been no better than a 3. iOS 6, takes you back...
My iPad 4 literally seems to last forever. I only charge it once a week on average. Granted, I'm not a huge iPad user, but the battery life has always astonished me.
My 4 is really starting to get sluggish though, so I think it might be about time for an upgrade. I'm hesitant though because I really never use it. iOS 9 might have given me more of a reason to use an iPad again.
My 4 is really starting to get sluggish though, so I think it might be about time for an upgrade. I'm hesitant though because I really never use it. iOS 9 might have given me more of a reason to use an iPad again.
My iPad 3 can go about two days still. Good enough.
My point was that in most reviewers tests the iPad 3 lasted 11-ish hours, the iPad 4 12-ish hours, and the iPad Air 13-ish hours. There was a somewhat steady improvement. Then the iPad Air 2 cam along and is back in the iPad 3's 11-ish hour range. That would be okay if there was a SIGNIFICANT boost somewhere else, but the gains were minimal.
My point was that in most reviewers tests the iPad 3 lasted 11-ish hours, the iPad 4 12-ish hours, and the iPad Air 13-ish hours. There was a somewhat steady improvement. Then the iPad Air 2 cam along and is back in the iPad 3's 11-ish hour range. That would be okay if there was a SIGNIFICANT boost somewhere else, but the gains were minimal.
As opposed to the iPad 3 or the iPad Air
2GB RAM, and those benchmark scores...A8X was rather a monster compared to the A7. It actually blew a lot of people who knew a lot of stuff away, like Anandtech for example.
Here's to iPad mini 4 getting an A9 in 2015!
As opposed to the iPad 3 or the iPad Air
2GB RAM, and those benchmark scores...A8X was rather a monster compared to the A7. It actually blew a lot of people who knew a lot of stuff away, like Anandtech for example.
Here's to iPad mini 4 getting an A9 in 2015!
They didn't lower battery life to add more RAM, they made the device thinner and 0.04 pounds lighter with a smaller battery. So they traded off battery life for a marginally smaller device. To me, that minuscule gain was not worth 2-ish hours of battery life, but that is just my opinion.
Yeah, I don't think it was any one thing, it was everything put together - doubling power hungry RAM, a power eating A8X (in relative terms of course), a smaller capacity, but slightly more efficient battery in a thinner package, countered by updated more efficient display technology, etc.
I am not trying to start an argument, just saying it is more complex than shaving a millimeter and some grams here or there. Apple obviously made compromises in one thing, innovated in another to compensate, and in the end had a device that was a very decent upgrade over the previous generation and maintained their all day battery life claim to fame. It's just a serious shame they didn't or weren't able to gice the iPad Mini the same treatment last time around!
EDIT: Oh, and I am probably wrong about the iPad Pro not releasing this year!
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Computing power is not the only thing needed for proper split-screen support. The screen needs to be big enough and I doubt the mini will fulfil that requirement. It does have the same resolution as its bigger brother but physically it is smaller, maybe a bit too small. When using splitscreen the fonts might get too small to read properly and thus degrading the productiveness one should get from the splitscreen functionality. On the other hand, the mini has always been the cheaper and smaller version of the normal iPad so I doubt they'll update it to have the same specs as its bigger brother (the new one that is).
Yep.
I was hoping that when the iPad Air 2 was announced, Apple would update the Mini with matching specs, as they did in 2013 with the Mini 2 and iPad Air. If they would have updated the iPad Mini with the A8X, 2GB RAM, Touch ID, and the antiglare coating of the Air 2, I would have gone straight for a Mini. But I'm very happy with my Air 2.
I was hoping that when the iPad Air 2 was announced, Apple would update the Mini with matching specs, as they did in 2013 with the Mini 2 and iPad Air. If they would have updated the iPad Mini with the A8X, 2GB RAM, Touch ID, and the antiglare coating of the Air 2, I would have gone straight for a Mini. But I'm very happy with my Air 2.